Shakedown Social

openSUSE LinuxFrom <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a>-updates to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#systemd</a>-pull integration with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OBS</a>, learn how <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openSUSE</a> is shaping the future of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/immutable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immutable</a> and rolling systems from this <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oSC25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oSC25</a> talk. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MicroOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroOS</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Tumbleweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tumbleweed</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/MPMrlUj1sVA?si=bMjxsJtyIOEyqzgb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/MPMrlUj1sVA?si=bMjxsJtyIOEyqzgb</a>

Nonilex"Trump gave every indication right from the beginning that he was going to be purely <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a>," said Ebenezer Obadare, a senior fellow at the Council on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForeignRelations</a>. "He's thrown out the old playbook. He's not going through normal diplomatic channels."…3 Americans had been sentenced to death by a Congolese military court in Sept 2024 for participating in a…failed coup in May last year. Efforts to free them by both the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admins had gained little traction.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a>

Catherine Schmidt<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transactional</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greed</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#culture</a> Politics Girl<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SCX0dGByu9k&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SCX0dGByu9k&feature=youtu.be</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://greennuclear.online/@collectifission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@collectifission</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@jeffmcneill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jeffmcneill</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@alberto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@alberto</a> the problem is that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mozilla</a> failed to use their past "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UncoditionalIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UncoditionalIncome</a>" or rather absurdly good <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> deal in any meaningful and sustainable way.<ul><li>And if the relationship were to change from "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FLOSS</a> like free beer!" to a "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a>" one I'd certainly expect them to not just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DoBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoBetter</a>, but have more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transparency</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accountability</a> and stop their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a>!</li></ul>Which is why I want <a href="https://mastodon.cc/@Mozilla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Mozilla</a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mozilla_support" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mozilla_support</a> to hand over <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Firefox</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@torproject</a> and make <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TorBrowser</a> it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/upstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#upstream</a>.<ul><li>Obviously the best option would be for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mozilla</a> to become like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eV</a>) or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cooperative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cooperative</a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eG</a>) where they have to actually <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/audit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#audit</a> their finances (in the case of cooperatives, by an accredited external auditor) to enshure they ain't wasting huge amounts of money.</li><li>Cuz even if everyone there makes $200k a year (obviously they don't) that's still $300M that had to go somewhere.</li></ul>And even if we assume they blow another $100M on equipment, hosting, sponsorships and other expenses that's still $200M unaccounted for.<ul><li>I'd be willing to pay for a good browser, I really would, but that also entails said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funding</a> to go somewhere useful as per the interest of those funding.</li></ul>Anything else is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/donation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#donation</a>.

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> will end all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sanctions</a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Syria</a> 1 day before meeting with their leader ‘to give them a chance at greatness’<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QuidProQuo</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/13/us/trump-news-saudi-arabia?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=1810533F-0985-49F9-AF16-552FC0858230" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/13/us/trump-news-saudi-arabia?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=1810533F-0985-49F9-AF16-552FC0858230</a>

Nonilex…The push appears intended to capitalize on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a> approach to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clemency</a>. Trump favors <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardon</a> seekers w/connections to him—either personally or through lawyers & lobbyists—& claims of *prosecutorial misconduct* [perceived persecution] that echo his own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grievances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grievances</a> about the cases against him.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#felon47</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SBF</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SEC</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MoneyLaundering</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptobros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cryptobros</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CryptoSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CryptoSummit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

NonilexAs <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> considered how to sway a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> to continue supporting their country, one strategy was to appeal to Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a> nature & offer him a deal — rare earth minerals — for aid.  Now Trump says he’s interested.  Speaking to reporters Monday, Trump said the United States wants Ukrainian rare earth minerals — such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lithium</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uranium</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/titanium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#titanium</a> — in exchange for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> assistance that Ukraine depends on for its defense against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a>’s invasion.<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/04/ukraine-trump-rare-earth-minerals/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/04/ukraine-trump-rare-earth-minerals/</a>

Ramesh #NotGoingBackHow to use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s performative version of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christianity</a> to reverse its <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weaponization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weaponization</a> and use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/religiousFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religiousFreedom</a> to fight <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trumpism</a>. "Trump violates almost every tenet of Christianity (as well as human decency and morality more broadly). He embraces cruelty, violence, greed, avarice, selfishness, revenge, lying, lust and dissembling. In total, Trump appears to worship power and himself instead of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/God" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#God</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JesusChrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JesusChrist</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transactional</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/White" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#White</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianNationalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChristianNationalists</a>⬇️<a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/reversing-the-weaponization-of-christianity-how-religous-freedom-can-be-used-to-fight-trumpism/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/reversing-the-weaponization-of-christianity-how-religous-freedom-can-be-used-to-fight-trumpism/</a>

openSUSE LinuxDiscover how <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Atomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Atomic</a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transactional</a> systems are redefining development, and how tools like <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Distrobox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Distrobox</a> make containerized environments feel just like home, from this <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openSUSE</a> Conference <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Keynote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Keynote</a>. <a href="https://youtu.be/ExnlVwXcBkk?si=FQYMNF7Ai__VX7tu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ExnlVwXcBkk?si=FQYMNF7Ai__VX7tu</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> calls <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a>’s democratic values the “grounding wire of our global power” & its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/alliances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alliances</a> “our greatest asset.” …<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, called for withdrawing American forces in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europe</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Asia</a> & has promised… to cut loose even our closest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#allies</a> if they don’t do as he tells them. …Trump sees all countries as unreliable, the relations between them <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a>. That sentiment has spread throughout a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> that once championed America’s values abroad…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BidenHarris2024</a> <a href="https://time.com/6984970/joe-biden-2024-interview/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://time.com/6984970/joe-biden-2024-interview/</a>

Chuck DarwinThe clear result of five corrupt Republicans on the 1978 and 2010 Supreme Courts 💥legalizing political bribery of politicians (and Supreme Court justices) 💥by both corporations and the morbidly rich is that 👉 America is now well past the halfway mark of a fatal-to-democracy slide into <a href="https://c.im/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> and the strongman <a href="https://c.im/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> typically associated with it—and the <a href="https://c.im/tags/conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conflict</a> that can follow.You can see the consequence in any contemporary survey. The majority of people want things —from a strengthened social safety net to a cleaner, safer environment to quality, free education —that Congress refuses to do anything about ⭐️because it is in thrall to great wealth.⭐️For example, just last week, Donald Trump solicited 💥a $1 billion bribe from a group of fossil fuel executives in exchange for undoing all of President Biden’s climate regulations.💥In a testament to how today’s form of <a href="https://c.im/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> has become normalized in America, the only national television news organization that reported this shocking story was MSNBC; — every other news outlet thought it was entirely normal for an American politician to have their hand out in exchange for legislative or policy changes. What we are watching is the final stage of the 40-year neoliberal transition of our nation from a forward-looking and still-evolving democratic republic into a white supremacist ethnostate ruled by a small group of fascist oligarchs. <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/181698/american-billionaire-oligarchs-drag-us-civil-war" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newrepublic.com/article/181698/american-billionaire-oligarchs-drag-us-civil-war</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s top advisers say the efforts to cajole & punish w/in the party are not a central part of their strategy, & some close to Trump point out that TFG can be quick to forgive *when it is in his interest*. Trump has long distinguished himself as both surprisingly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vicious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vicious</a> & disarmingly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a>, often willing to forgive intractable enmity for short-term gain.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OnTyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnTyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tyrant</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, 2X-divorced casino magnate, made little pretense of being <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religious</a> before his presidency. The ardent support he received from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evangelical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evangelical</a> voters in 2016 & 2020 is often described as largely <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a>: an investment in his appointment of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> justices who would abolish the fed right to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a> & advance the group’s other top priorities.…But <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religion</a> scholars, drawing on a growing body of data, suggest another explanation: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Evangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Evangelicals</a> are not exactly who they used to be.

Aral Balkan(For those of you who might not know, Fedora Silverblue is based on rpm-ostree.Think of it as your OS on git. Upgrades are like a simple git pull and take almost no time at all, even between major versions. It’s very common that I’m running today’s OS on my machine.And if something goes wrong, you can always roll back. Not that I’ve had to yet.)<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/FedoraSilverbule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FedoraSilverbule</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/rpmOstree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rpmOstree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ostree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ostree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a>

NonilexEven in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a>, where Min Ldr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MitchMcConnell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MitchMcConnell</a> is a forceful advocate for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aid</a>, some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> are demanding additional $$ for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#border</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> in exchange for greenlighting Ukraine aid. (using human lives & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracies</a> as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a> chits in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CultureWar</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a>)“The reality is these issues are all connected, & …urgent. Our adversaries are cheering for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dysfunction</a>. So let’s instead show them <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unity</a>,” Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Appropriations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Appropriations</a> Cmte Chair <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PattyMurray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PattyMurray</a> (D-WA) told lawmakers.

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JackSmith</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> are in a way familiar figures to each other. Smith was raised in NYState & worked for yrs in Brooklyn, toiling in the borough whose politics helped Trump develop a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a> view of business, politics & HR.Smith worked as an Asst US atty in the Eastern Dist of NY, which covers Brooklyn.…where Trump’s father…worked the Democratic political machine & became a deeply connected real estate developer who used the levers of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> to help his business.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassifiedDocuments</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/@DeanObeidallah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DeanObeidallah</a> what did <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KevinMcCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KevinMcCarthy</a> have to do to wrangle this? It seems impossible for it to be good for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is nothing if not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a>.

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